Obama Encourages Israel To Minimize Civilian Casualties

WochitJul. 18, 2014. 03:51 PM EST

President Barack Obama said Friday that he encouraged Israel's leader to minimize civilian deaths...
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President Barack Obama said Friday that he encouraged Israel's leader to minimize civilian deaths in its ground push into Hamas-ruled Gaza, while letting him know that the U.S. supports Israel's right to self defense. "No nation should accept rockets being fired into its borders," Obama told reporters at the White House, while across the globe Israeli troops advanced into Hamas-ruled Gaza. Israel's ground movement followed a 10-day campaign of more than 2,000 airstrikes that had failed to halt relentless Hamas rocket fire on Israeli cities.
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